Fukushima Update #43: Prelude to Nuclear Restarts
All eyes are on the Sendai nuclear plant in southwestern Japan, where regulators have endorsed the safety upgrades imple...
read moreFukushima Update #42: "Ice Wall" Theory in Doubt
Tepco's engineers have devised an ambitious plan to freeze the ground around Fukushima Daiichi's damaged reactors. The o...
read moreFukushima Update #41 The other displaced residents
Thousands of pets were left behind when their owners evacuated after the Fukushima disaster. Veterinarian Seido Watanabe...
read moreFukushima Update #40Cattle farming in contaminated areas
The nuclear accident in Fukushima marked the end of farming for countless families living off the land, but some are sti...
read moreFukushima Update #39:'Rights and responsibilities'
The government has defined the evacuation area around nuclear power plants at a 30 kilometer radius. Many towns around t...
read moreFukushima Update #38 “Short of answers”
The Japanese government needs to build a place to store waste from decontamination. Futaba and Okuma near the Fukushima ...
read moreFukushima Update #37 “Restarts Trumping Contingency Plans”
The Sendai nuclear plant in southwestern Japan could become the first to restart under the new safety regulations, but l...
read moreFukushima Update #36 “Economic need to Restart”
The nuclear plant in Sendai could be restarted this summer. Despite the risks nuclear power poses, many in Satsumasendai...
read moreFukushima Update #35 “TEPCO's Sisyphean Struggle Against Tainted Water”
Tokyo Electric Power Company is waging a constant battle to stop highly radioactive water from accumulating in the basem...
read moreFukushima Update #34:"The Nuclear Waste Quandary"
The disposal of highly-radioactive nuclear waste remains a problem in many countries. All the more so in Japan, where au...
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